Creative Writing Workshop for Teens
Saturday, May 20 @ 10:00 a.m.
Learning Center Room A
Teens in grades 7-12
Get inspired and flex those creative muscles in this creative writing workshop series. Join us and learn how to develop your writing skills and share your story. Beginner writers welcome! This series is made possible by a generous grant from HEARTS PW. Teens participating in the series may have the potential for community service credit work with younger children. Register at PWPL.org/teens.
Preschool Story Time
Monday, May 22 @ 1:30 p.m.
Children’s Room
Enjoy great stories, songs and fingerplays, while your child develops essential early literacy skills. For children ages 2 1/2 to 5 years with an adult. Registration required.
Teen Gaming
Monday, May 22 @ 3:30 p.m.
TeenSpace
Teens in grades 7-12 are invited to play Nintendo Switch games with other teens after school—no registration is required.
Film & Discussion: “The Taming of the Shrew” (1967-122 min.)
Monday, May 22 @ 6:30 p.m.
Lapham Meeting Room
Stubborn Petruchio (Richard Burton) resolves to tame his feisty bride Kate (Elizabeth Taylor) in this lively adaptation of Shakespeare’s comedy. Michael Hordern, Michael York and Cyril Cusack co-star. Laury Magnus, professor of English in the humanities department, will lead a discussion after the film.
Weekly Chess Meet-Up
Tuesday, May 23, from 3:00-6:00 p.m.
Mezzanine Meeting Room
Come in and join us for a game of chess. No registration is required.
Fiction Book Club
Tuesday, May 23 @ 7:30 p.m.
Hagedorn Meeting Room
Join fellow readers at the library for an engaging discussion of “Honor” by Thrity Umrigar. Copies of the book are available on Libby and may also be reserved for pickup at the library. Register at pwpl.org/events beginning May 9.
Children’s Chess
Wednesday, May 24 @ 5:30 p.m.
Children’s Workshop Room
For children in 3rd to 6th Grade
Learn the rules and strategies of chess and practice what you have learned by playing against your peers. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library in memory of Lawrence Kamisher. Registration required.
Weekly Game Night
Wednesday, May 24, from 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Mezzanine Meeting Room
Come in and play a variety of board and card games.
Film & Discussion: “Kiss Me, Kate” (1953-110 min.)
Wednesday, May 24 @ 6:30 p.m.
Lapham Meeting Room
Two battling performers (Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel) stage a musical version of William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” in George Sidney’s film. Ann Miller, Keenan Wynn, Bobby Van, James Whitmore and Kurt Kasznar co-star. Laury Magnus, professor of English in the humanities department, will lead a discussion after the film.
Baby Rhyme Time
Thursday, May 25 @ 9:30 a.m.
Children’s Room
A lap-sit storytime with songs, music and bouncing rhymes that emphasizes early literacy skills. For children ages birth to 17 months. Registration begins May 7.
Baby Rhyme Time
Thursday, May 25 @ 10:30 a.m.
Children’s Room
A lap-sit storytime with songs, music and bouncing rhymes that emphasizes early literacy skills. For children ages birth to 17 months. Registration begins May 7.
Weekly Card Game Meet-Up
Thursday, May 25, from 12:00-3:00 p.m.
Mezzanine Meeting Room
Come join us for a variety of card games.
Art Lecture with Thomas Germano – Sublime Ideas: Drawings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Thursday, May 25 @ 3:00 p.m.
Lapham Meeting Room
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778) became internationally famous working as a printmaker, designer, architect, archaeologist, theorist, dealer and polemicist. Professor Thomas Germano will present a visual lecture about the life and works of Piranesi, including the Morgan Library’s exhibition, which boasts the largest and most important collection of Piranesi’s drawings worldwide. Register at pwpl.org/events beginning May 1.
Homebrew Music Presents: The “Live at Lapham” Series
Thursday, May 25 @ 7:00 p.m.
Lapham Meeting Room
The Homebrew Music series brings people together over a shared love of music, introducing our Library community to fine, local musical talent. These unique informal gatherings of musicians and music lovers come together monthly to enjoy a live performance by one or more group members.
Park Story Time
Friday, May 26 @ 9:30 a.m.
Off-site
Join your favorite librarians at Blumenfeld Park (across the street from the library) for Park Story Time! No registration is required.
Sandwiched In – Film: “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris” (2022 – 115 min.)
Friday, May 26 @ 12:00 p.m.
Lapham Meeting Room
Join us for an uplifting film starring Lesley Manville, Jason Isaacs and Isabelle Huppert. A widowed cleaning lady in 1950s London falls madly in love with a couture Dior dress and decides that she must have one of her own. So she sets off on an adventure in Paris, and in the process, changes her outlook on life and the very future of the House of Dior.
Weekly Scrabble Meet-Up
Friday, May 26, from 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Mezzanine Meeting Room
Drop in and play a game of Scrabble. No registration is required.
Coding for Kids
Friday, May 26 @ 4:30 p.m.
Children’s Workshop Room
For kids in 3rd to 6th Grade
Ignite the love of coding by learning to create animations and computer games using Scratch, a graphical programming language developed by MIT. Taught by AP Computer Science high school students from Port Washington for children with no prior programming experience. For more information, visit youngcoderspw.com. Registration required.
Film: “A Man Called Otto” (2022-126 min.)
Friday, May 26 @ 6:45 p.m.
Lapham Meeting Room
Grumpy widower Otto Anderson (Tom Hanks) is set in his ways, but when a lively young family moves in next door, Otto’s world is turned upside down. David Magee scripted for director Marc Forster.
The Library will be closed from May 27 through May 29 for Memorial Day Weekend.
Weekly Chess Meet-Up
Tuesday, May 30 @ 3:00-6:00 p.m.
Mezzanine Meeting Room
Come in and join us for a game of chess. No registration is required.
Port Washington Public Library Blood Drive
Wednesday, May 31 from 1:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Lapham Meeting Room
You may be astounded to learn that New York has never been self-sufficient in meeting its need for blood. There is no substitute for human blood, and one in three adults will require a blood transfusion at some point in their lives. You can help remedy this situation by donating blood and giving the “Gift of Life.” To schedule an appointment, go to pwpl.org/events
Chess
Wednesday, May 31 @ 5:30 p.m.
Children’s Workshop Room
For children in 3rd to 6th Grade
Learn the rules and strategies of chess and practice what you have learned by playing against your peers. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library in memory of Lawrence Kamisher. Registration required.
Weekly Game Night
Wednesday, May 31 @ 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Mezzanine Meeting Room
Come in and play a variety of board and card games. No registration is required.
